A 24-year-old woman is in critical condition at an Orlando hospital after a crash that left the car she was in split in half in the tourist distrist near SeaWorld Orlando, Florida Highway Patrol reported. Angela Aul was a passenger in the four-door Chevy — driven by 24-year-old Joshua Rivera — when the car suddenly veered off International Drive and slammed into a tree. Rivera suffered minor injuries, troopers said. The crash happened close to the Marriott's Grande Pines Golf Club Orlando in the tourist area of International Drive near SeaWorld Orlando.

A 21-year-old driver tried to run down a Volusia County deputy and a woman before slamming his car into a patrol vehicle with three teen girls inside, officials said Wednesday. No one was seriously hurt in the roughly 70-mph crash that happened at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Oak Hill, a tiny community in southeast Volusia County. The driver, Michael Walsh of New Jersey, faces a slew of charges, including attempted homicide, according to Brandon Haught, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.

A 21-year-old driver tried to run down a Volusia County deputy and a woman before slamming his car into a patrol vehicle with three teen girls inside, officials said Wednesday. No one was seriously hurt in the roughly 70-mph crash that happened at 4 p.m. Tuesday in Oak Hill, a tiny community in southeast Volusia County. The driver, Michael Walsh of New Jersey, faces a slew of charges, including attempted homicide, according to Brandon Haught, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.

A Volusia County deputy was airlifted to the hospital Monday night after a car slammed into her while she was assisting emergency responders with a different crash. The deputy sustained minor bumps and bruises, according to Sheriff's Office spokesman Brandon Haught. She was released from the hospital last night. Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash involving the deputy, Haught said. The deputy responded to the initial crash scene on Fort Smith Boulevard and S. Merrick Drive around 9:17 p.m. When an ambulance was ready to pull off with the patient from the crash, the deputy stepped out into the street to direct the ambulance, deputies said.

A woman died early Tuesday when her car crashed into a concrete pole supporting traffic signals along State Road A1A, police said.Witnesses said the woman was speeding south on S.R. A1A shortly after 12:30 a.m. when the 1988 Ford Taurus station wagon veered off the road at the intersection of Paradise Boulevard, said Melbourne police Capt. Ron Bell.The woman's name was being withheld.Repairs to the intersection could take two days, the spokesman said.

About 30 Lee Middle School students were busy shaping pottery from clay in their art class Tuesday when a car suddenly crashed through their classroom wall. Pieces of concrete and brick flew everywhere. Tables near the wall were shoved around, and students scattered in an attempt to avoid the debris. ``The wall just exploded,'' Orlando police Lt. Gary Carter said. ``It was a pretty traumatic experience for the kids. Had the car moved up more than it did, there could have been some bad injuries.

An Apopka motorist and two unidentified passengers died Friday morning after their car slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer.Lorenzo Honorato, 18, 128 S. Roger Williams Road, was driving south on U.S. Highway 441 about 12:45 a.m. in a 1977 Toyota, Florida Highway Patrol reports said.The car was destroyed when it hit the back of the truck, which was stopped to turn left at Winifred Avenue.FHP was withholding the identities of the passengers until their families could be notified.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- A car crossed a double yellow line Monday and crashed head-on into a school bus, killing the motorist and injuring 11 others, police said. The driver of the car, which burst into flames after the 6:50 a.m. crash, was pronounced dead at the scene, and a critically injured passenger in the car was airlifted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, police spokeswoman Rene Ball said. Nine students and the bus driver were treated.

A 29-year-old South Daytona man was killed about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday when his car slammed into a tree in the 2200 block of South Palmetto Avenue, police said.Clifford Wyatt, 29, had just left his apartment three blocks away at 1900 S. Palmetto when the car went off the road into the tree near Ridge Boulevard, police said. He was dead at the scene.Police said they are awaiting results of an autopsy.

A state trooper who stepped onto his porch to smoke a late-night cigarette was killed when a car smashed into his house, authorities said Monday. Trooper Sidney Webster, 45, moonlighted as a photographer and had finished a long night shooting a wedding when he stepped outside early Sunday for a cigarette. The car came around a sharp curve posted for 20 mph, went off the road, struck a power pole and a tree and sailed airborne into Webster's house. The driver, Jeffrey Michaels, 26, was hospitalized in serious condition.

A 24-year-old woman is in critical condition at an Orlando hospital after a crash that left the car she was in split in half in the tourist distrist near SeaWorld Orlando, Florida Highway Patrol reported. Angela Aul was a passenger in the four-door Chevy — driven by 24-year-old Joshua Rivera — when the car suddenly veered off International Drive and slammed into a tree. Rivera suffered minor injuries, troopers said. The crash happened close to the Marriott's Grande Pines Golf Club Orlando in the tourist area of International Drive near SeaWorld Orlando.

A Volusia County man will have to find somewhere else to sleep after a driver lost control and slammed into his Deltona house, Tuesday night, WFTV.com is reporting. Fred Ciabatoni said the driver fell asleep at the wheel near Champlain and plowed into his bedroom. Ciabatoni was in a separate room and was not injured, officials said. Read the full report at WFTV.com

A driver was killed early Wednesday after a car careened through a fence and slammed into a nursing home - getting wedged against the facility's first and second floor, WPLG-Ch. 10 reported. The incident happened at the Watercrest Care Center at 16650 West Dixie Highway in North Miami Beach . Four people inside the nursing home were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, WPLG reported. The full report can be accessed at www.local10.com.

Eddie Keith could hardly believe his eyes as he watched a car hurtle toward a group of elementary-school children waiting for their bus on a street corner. He tied up his dog and ran across the street where the sedan had crashed through the brick entrance of the Long Lake Hills subdivision and hit two children. Keith crawled around the car to find 7-year-old Joshua Jacob curled up and moaning beneath the car. "He had a tremendous knot on his head, and it looked like his hip was broken," Keith said, who had the boy's blood on the sleeve of his shirt.

A driver in a stolen car crashed into a home on Chico Avenue in Orange County this afternoon, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers were called to the home, near Golden Rock Drive in the Pine Hills area, about 2:30 p.m. They said they arrived to find the driver, and any passengers, already gone. No one in the home was injured, troopers said. Investigators confirmed that the car had been reported stolen. The male driver hadn't been located late this afternoon, and no description was available.

A car slammed into an Ocala home while the family was sleeping early Sunday, according to WFTV.com. The driver also struck a power pole and knocked out power to the neighborhood. No one in the home was injured. Read the full report on WFTV.com .

A man was seriously hurt today when he was knocked off a stool inside an auto dealership as a car crashed into the building, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Barbara Stearns, 74, of Lake Mary, told troopers she hit the gas instead of the brake as she tried to park at Coggin DeLand Ford near Orange City, investigators said. Her 1996 Lincoln four-door crashed into the side of the building with such force that it caused a tool rack to catapult into James Massari, 56, of Palm Coast, who was sitting on the stool, the FHP said.

A 29-year-old Merritt Island man died Tuesday morning after losing control of his car in Brevard County. Florida Highway Patrol troopers said Daniel Keyes was speeding in his 1995 Mercedes-Benz on S. Tropical Trail around 12:40 a.m. when he lost control at the Nora Avenue. The car spun across the roadway and slammed into a large pine tree. FHP reports show he died on impact. Walter Pacheco can be reached at wpacheco@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-6262.